1.8.1-retail

• Added the Network button to the main menu.
• Added real-time discovery of online guild members currently running Max Adventure Journal Retail.
• Added a normal movable Guild Network window showing character, class, level, addon version and current zone.
• Added manual Refresh, automatic refresh while the window is open, and /maj network.
• Discovery uses the private WoW addon-message channel for the guild; no public chat message is produced.
• Added randomized replies and scan throttling to reduce guild addon traffic.
• The main-menu button displays the number of MAJ users detected during the current scan.

1.8.0-retail

• Added Writing Engine 3.0, replacing the generic long-form generator for complete parchment chronicles.
• Added location-aware environmental interpretation using the detected zone, dungeon, instance and chapter segments.
• Integrated the matched local lore topic directly into the narrative without introducing scenery unsupported by the location.
• Added environmental vocabularies for fungal marshes, fel battlefields, tomb complexes, haunted towers, volcanic fortresses, plague zones, deserts, forests, frozen regions, arcane complexes, titan halls, cities, caves, coasts and void-altered areas.
• Added editorial anti-repetition control for paragraph similarity, repeated structures and template residue such as quest(s) or hostile contact(s).
• Added automatic scene inference when the client records only one chapter segment.
• Improved climax detection using combat, deaths, PvP, recovery, healing, loot, quests, notes and segment duration.
• Added concrete class-role narration for every supported class instead of referring to the protagonist as “the character”.
• Added validated companion deduplication, retaining the most reliable positive level and removing duplicate or unknown identities from the prose.
• Added narrative profile pronouns through /maj profile pronoun auto|he|she|they.
• Added three output modes: Narrative, Compact, and Full, selectable from Settings or /maj exportmode narrative|compact|full.
• Set Compact as the new editorial default, preserving a concise expedition record beneath the literary chronicle.
• Removed false travel phrasing when the start and end zones are identical.
• Replaced generic moral conclusions with endings grounded in the actual location, combat count, companions, loot, reputation and progression recorded during the run.
• Preserved the previous guild/party RP compact output and all existing archive, reader, copy, GDR and privacy functions.

1.7.10-retail

• Rebuilt external text selection for Microsoft Word compatibility.

• Removed WoW color, texture, atlas and hyperlink control codes before export.

• Added UTF-8 validation and removal of hidden control bytes that could make Word reject pasted text.

• Replaced byte-count selection with full EditBox selection and deferred focus restoration.

• Renamed the parchment action to Select All to clarify that Ctrl+C is still required by the WoW client.

• Preserved the selected text when changing application focus.

• Reordered the main menu for faster use: history browsing is now grouped more clearly and the old Latest / Older / Newer labels were replaced with Recent / Prev / Next.

• The menu now shows the number of saved stories and the currently selected story, so Read is easier to understand before opening the parchment.

1.7.8-retail

• Hardened GDR ON automatic EMOTE delivery.
• Prevented internal addon labels and diagnostic prefixes from appearing in chat.
• Kept failed automatic lines in a silent fallback queue.

1.7.7-retail

• Corrected the parchment Read command so it opens the history entry currently selected with Latest, Older, or Newer.
• The reader no longer forces the newest chronicle when an older archived story is selected.
• Copy continues to use the complete parchment text of the selected story.

New in v1.7.6-retail:

• Reworked the parchment reader typography with built-in fantasy fonts: Morpheus for headings and Friz Quadrata for body text.
• Copy now uses a Word-ready plain-text formatter that removes empty spacer paragraphs and trailing whitespace.
• The full parchment chronicle remains the copied source; the shorter main-menu summary is not used.
• Reduced parchment line-height estimation for a denser, more book-like reading layout.
• Note: World of Warcraft exposes copied EditBox content as plain text, so Word controls the final external font; the exported hierarchy and spacing are now optimized for high-quality paste results.

New in v1.7.5-retail:

• Restored no-click live GDR on Retail by sending automatic roleplay reactions as custom EMOTE (/me) messages.
• Automatic SAY remains unavailable under Retail chat protection, so event-driven GDR uses /me while manual actions may still prepare /s or /me drafts.
• Added fallback to the pending queue only if the EMOTE API call cannot be completed.

New in v1.7.4-retail:

• Fixed GDR ON behavior on Retail: automatic gameplay reactions are now stored in a pending GDR queue instead of being reduced to local-only suggestions.
• The GDR buttons now display the number of pending lines.
• Left-click GDR to enable or disable it; right-click GDR to prepare the next pending /say or /emote line in the Blizzard chat box, then press Enter to send.
• This design respects Retail hardware-event chat restrictions and avoids ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED errors.

New in v1.7.3-retail:

• Replaced the custom Retail minimap button with the standard embedded LibDataBroker + LibDBIcon implementation.
• Removed Blizzard's custom minimap button warning and added native AddOn Compartment compatibility.
• Preserved left, right, middle, Shift-click, drag and visibility controls.

Max Adventure Journal Retail v1.7.6-retail

New in v1.7.2:

• Added a minimap-button control to show or hide the persistent Mini Hub: middle-click, or Shift + left-click.

• Settings now opens as a normal movable dialog and no longer creates a full-screen input-blocking overlay.

• The parchment Copy button now selects the complete chronicle displayed in the reader itself, instead of opening and selecting the shorter main-menu summary.

• Press Ctrl+C after clicking Copy to paste the full parchment chronicle outside the game.

Max Adventure Journal Retail — Changelog

Version 1.7.0-retail

• Rebuilt the addon around modular Bootstrap, Compatibility, Database, Retail Lore, Story Director and Diagnostics components.
• Added Story Director 2.0 with opening, development, escalation, climax and aftermath analysis.
• Added boss defeat and wipe tracking, map IDs, instance IDs and difficulty IDs.
• Added Retail activity metadata for Mythic+ keystone level and scenario-compatible content when supported by the client API.
• Added customizable character profile fields: title, origin, motivation, personality and oath.
• Added persistent companion memory with shared-run counters and privacy controls.
• Added Compact and Detailed archive modes.
• Added Privacy mode for anonymized reports and optional companion-memory suppression.
• Added Diagnostics with addon version, client build, Interface, project ID, map, instance, database schema and estimated SavedVariables size.
• Added delete and purge confirmation handling.
• Preserved expansion-aware Retail lore from legacy Azeroth through current Retail content.
• Preserved manual recording start, logout stop, REC-independent GDR, Romance RP, safe manual chat drafts and Alliance/Horde themes.
• Removed unused graphical assets and optimized faction backgrounds to reduce package size.

Version 1.6.15-retail

• Expanded English and Italian vocabulary, reactions and expansion-aware Retail lore.
• Added lore coverage from legacy Azeroth through Midnight-era zones and themes.
• Added modal Settings and Auto, Alliance and Horde visual themes.
• Preserved story deletion, history purge, safe chat drafts, Romance anti-repeat and independent GDR.

Version 1.6.10-retail

• Reworked automatic roleplay output to avoid protected chat calls.

Version 1.6.9-retail

• Added Romance anti-repeat logic.

Version 1.6.6-retail

• Separated GDR from REC.

Version 1.6.5-retail

• Added single-story deletion and full history purge.

Version 1.6.4-retail

• Removed automatic recording start and added recording stop on logout.

Version 1.6.1-retail

• Established the Retail package baseline.